Paul Hansford Biography

If you read somebody’s poem and it makes you want to say,
“I think this piece is wonderful; it really made my day, ”
just go ahead and say it – feedback like this is good,
but saying WHY you like it will please them (well, it should) .
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Perhaps in another world
another sun comes
up,
lighting a different
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The one who should have lived has gone so fast.
The old ones, in their dotage, linger on –
they, with no future, live only in the past.
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This is my husband, my mother said
to the nurse with pride,
only she meant me.
Everyone in the day-room knew
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I was only seventeen, and you were about the same,
and I knew nothing about you – I barely knew your name.
But I looked at you, and you looked at me, and we looked at each other, and then…
I knew, the first time you smiled at me, I wanted to see you again.
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